This is One of the Only Places Where Mud Catches Fire

Añadido: 2026-05-31

[00:00:00]This is one of the only places on earth where mud catches fire. Gobustan, Azerbaijan, sits on a literal time bomb of natural gas. So much gas bubbles up through the mud that you can just light it. Instant [music] fireball. Over 300 mud volcanoes are scattered across this desert. Ancient locals [music] worshipped fire here because flames would spontaneously ignite from the ground.